Automobile wheel



Sept. 1, 1925. v 1,552,379

' S. BAKOS AUTOMOBILE WHEEL Filed Nov. 19. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Sic we 5a 203 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES STEVE 3.5308, 01 ALPHA, NEW JERSEY. I

AUTOMOBILE WHEEL.

Application fled Rovember 19, 1924. Serial No. 750,907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I Srnvn BAKos,a subject of the Republic of Hungary, residing at Al ha, in the county of Warren and State 8 of ew Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile Wheels, of whic the following is a specification.

An object of this invention is the provision of a vehicle wheel having a. solid 10 rubber tire and of a construction to afford yieldability and consequently as much comfort to the occupants of the vehicle as would a pneumatic tired wheel.

A further object is the provision of a 16 spring wheel of a novel and peculiar construction,'in which the spokes thereof are in the nature of curved spring members secured between the. hub and tire carryiiyg rim in a noveland peculiar manner, and wherein a 20 buffer member is employed to absorb abnormal shocks tov which the wheel is subjected and consequentlyprevent the breaking of the spring spokes.

With the above broadly stated objects in view and others, which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, reference is to be had to the drawings which accompany and which ,form part of this ap lication. I I nthe drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a. vehicle wheel in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is'a sectional view on the line 2- -2 of Figure -1.

Figure 3 is a substantially similar sectional. view through the front wheel of'a vehicleembodying the invention.

Inthe drawings, and with reference particularly to Figures 1 and 2 thereof, the 4 hub of the. wheel is broadly indicated by the numeral 1. The hub has its ends reduced, and surrounding the inner reduced portion and boltedon the hub, there is a brake drum 2.

nular flange 3, and at the opposite sides of theflange the hub is peripherally formed withangularly arranged flat surfaces 4. These flatsurfaces are arranged in a line with each other at the opposite sides of the The hub is centrally formed with an an-.

Bolted the flange 3 there are the offset mner perlpheral portions of plates 5. The plates have their, outer and confronting surfaces bolted together, as at The plates' are round in elevation and will, for the sake of convenience,hereinafter be referred to as a disk. The plates. constituting the disk have their outer ends rounded away from each other to provide. a continuous depression in which is seated a ring 7 preferably of rubber or like compressible material. The ring 7 provides a buffer to absorb "abnormal shocks to which the wheel may be subjected,

as will presently be apparent.

Having one end bolted on; each of the angle faces of the hexagonal portions of the hub there are curved springs 8.. Each of.

these springs is bolted to the inner dished face of a block 9 integrally secured on the inner face of and adjacent to the edges of the tire carryingrim 10. By reference to the drawings it will be seen that one end of each of the sprin spokes 8 is secured to one face of one o the hexagonal portions of the hub.

The .rim 10 has beaded edges to receive therebetween a rubber tread 11.

The buffer ring 7 is disposed a suitable distance away from the inner face of the tire carrying rim 10. The spring spokes absorb normal shocks to which the wheel is' subjected. When the wheel is subjected to abnormal shocks, the spokes will be compressed so that the ring bufi'er 7 will contact with the tire carrying rim between certain of the blocks 9, and in this manner liability of weakening or breaking of the spokes is eifectivel overcome.

Having describe the invention, I claim A vehlcle wheel including a hub having peripheral hexagonal surfaces at the opposite sides of the center thereof, a tire carrying rim surrounding the hub, curved spring spokes secured to the faces of the hexagonal surfaces and to the tire carr in rim and a buffer member between t e and rim.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

srnvn BAKOS. 

